Keep on hustling, keep on moaning

From the New York Times, via Movie City News: Is Scott Bomar to Craig Brewer what Nino Rota was to Federico Fellini? Black Snake Moan may provide an answer to that burning question.

"The Jackass Generation"

In the new issue of MovieMaker, the greatest film magazine in the known universe, writer David Roos offers an interesting take on how YouTube and Jackass are greatly influencing contemporary movie comedies. And, mind you, I'm not plugging it just because I'm quoted in the piece, or because I have my own article in the same issue -- an interview with Black Snake Moan director Craig Brewer -- that you'll actually have to buy the magazine to read. (Look for it at fine bookstores everywhere.)

More Sundacing

IndieWire has the rest of the Sundance '07 lineup. Of particular interest: Craig Brewer's follow-up to Hustle and Flow, new films by indie stalwarts Tom DiCillo and Hal Hartley -- and the final feature directed by the recently murdered Adrienne Shelly.